"Receiving this money means a new business for me and my husband. We currently survive on casual jobs which are only available on Mondays in the nearby market. We are usually employed to carry luggage in the market on our backs throughout the day. The pay we get is usually KES.1,000 at the end of the day and that's what we spend on food and upkeep for the rest of the week as we wait for the following Monday. It is a very hard task that needs a lot of energy and we could do more if we had a hand cart or a motorcycle. With these transfers, we plan to purchase a motorcycle so that we would not be using our backs to carry the luggage anymore and my husband will be going alone as I remain behind to attend to farming duties. The motorcycle also on other days would be making us money through taxi services in the locality."

"I used my previous transfer to paid my health expenses and my daughter's school fees. Starting a new business by buying my own motorbike has been my periorty so, I withdrew my most recent and saved it in other for me to add the remaining transfers to enable me buy my motorbike. I also bought food for my home." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Having been in the charcoal business for a while, and delivering the goods via my motorcycle, GiveDirectly played a major role in transferring KES 3000 which I opted to save towards the charcoal business." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"When I received my transfer I was able to buy a motobike that cost 550USD. I'm so happy that I was enrolled on this program, now I have a new motorcycle running traffic. I'm so thankful to GiveDirectly for making my dream come to passed." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"My plan was to buy a motobike, but I never had the money to accomplish my plan. Farming was my source of getting money, my income was very low. I used to farm the whole day, cut Palm for people just to get money to feel my family. But with the help of givedirectly I was able to complete my house project. And now I'm saving my next transfer to buy a motorcycle for traffic business. I'm so happy for givedirectly."

"In my opinion givedirectly did very well in my life and that of our village, givedirectly has changed our entire village with so many new houses, givedirectly was able to enrolled our entire village. Everyone in my village is so happy for the support that givedirectly has given us. So there's nothing that givedirectly hasn't done well." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"I I'm Planning to save my third and last money to buy my motorcycle, I want to buy that motorbike for traffic, that will enable me provide food for my family and also paid school fees. I'm so happy that I was enrolled on this program. Because my dream has come to passed."

"In 2020 I started developed some breathing problems which later after some medication it escalated to back pain affecting all the backbone. After several test and scans it was established that I some veins are blocked and that is causing my legs heavy. From that moment I lost my mobility and I could not walk. I have been taking medication and attending clinic every month and that case is very expensive because I have to attend clinic every month and the cost is 9300KES. So this money will help me cater for the cost of having these clinic because imagine I have not attended my clinics for the last three months." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)

"Lack of a reliable source of income. I have been broking local brew ever since my retail business was cleaned by buglers. After that incident I decided to stop doing that line of business and buy a motorcycle for taxi business. It's this motorcycle that I currently use to ferry the alcohol from producers in the village to retailers in town. This has been feeding me and my children but can not pay school fees for the children who still need that."

"When I get this money I would like to start a kiosk selling vegetables. I believe this line of business is exactly what this area needs. Right now people walk about five kilometres to the nearest market which is Ganze. Starting this business will save them the travel which affects the grand cost of acquiring the commodity. If I can get around 40000 KES, it would be enough for initial investment where I'll use my father's main house for a premise and the whole amount for stock and display racks. At the moment my husband is a motorcycle taxi rider in the village since the beginning of the year while I'm a cook at a local kindergarten. Both our earnings can only amount to 500 KES daily. It might be enough today but we have children who are attending school and soon enough, they'll be a bigger need for their school fees. This is why we need to create new sources of income." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)